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Best Thrillers with Neurodivergent Characters

Neurodivergent people are those whose brains process information in a way that is not typical of most individuals. There are many wonderful mysteries and thrillers with characters on this spectrum that provide a unique and fascinating perspective in problem-solving and investigation. ALH 1/29/24

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  • Cameron Winter has an innate ability to recreate detailed crime scenes in his imagination and dissect the motives and encounters that produced them. He applies his deductive abilities to investigate a family mysteriously killed in a small Chicago…
    Book, 2023New York : The Mysterious Press, 2023. — Mystery
  • Mike Brink experienced a traumatic brain injury that enables him to solve puzzles in ways ordinary people can’t. Jess Price is a silent woman serving thirty years in prison for murder who creates a perplexing puzzle her psychiatrist believes will…
    Book, 2023New York : Random House, [2023] — Fiction
  • Sequel to "The Maid." With her flair for cleaning and proper etiquette, neurodivergent Molly Gray has risen through the ranks of the glorious Regency Grand Hotel to become the esteemed Head Maid. But her world is turned upside down when J. D.…
    Book, 2023New York : Ballantine Books, [2023] — Mystery
  • Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and turns to his favorite fictional character, the impeccably…
    Book, 2003New York : Doubleday, [2003] — Fiction
  • When an undercover agent tracking domestic jihadists is found murdered, followed by the return of Sami, a local autistic youth thought lost to Islamic extremism, the Italian provincial village of St. Denis suddenly becomes a front line in the global…
    Book, 2015New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. — Mystery
  • Jo Jones has always had a little trouble fitting in. As a neurodivergent, hyperlexic book editor and divorced New Yorker transplanted into the English countryside, Jo doesn't know what stands out more: her Americanisms or her autism. After losing…
    Book, 2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, [2024] — Mystery
  • Samuel Hoenig answers questions for a living. As a man with Asperger's Syndrome, his unique personality helps him ferret out almost any answer there is. But his latest question is a rather odd one—who stole a preserved head from the Garden State…
    Paperback, 2014Woodbury, Minnesota : Midnight Ink, 2014. — Mystery
  • Ted and his older sister Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye and after half an hour the ride ended and everyone trooped off, except Salim. Where could he have gone? How on earth could he have disappeared into thin air? Ted and Kat…
    eBook, 2008Oxford ; New York : David Fickling Books, 2008. — eBook
  • Hidden deep within the figures tracking the ups and downs of the stock market lies a terrifying truth: America is under attack. Our economy is in the crosshairs of a ruthless enemy, and no one knows. Except Garrett Reilly, a rising star on Wall…
    Book, 2014New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014. — Fiction
  • “The dead can’t speak to us,” Professor Madoc had said. But that was a lie. The body Patrick Fort is examining in anatomy class is trying to tell him all kinds of things. But no one hears what Patrick does, and no one understand when he tries to…
    Book, 2013New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2013. — Mystery
  • Colin Fischer cannot stand to be touched. He does not like the color blue. He needs index cards to recognize facial expressions. When a gun is found in the school cafeteria, interrupting a classmate's birthday celebration, Colin is the only one…
    eBook, 2012[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012. — eBook
  • As an insurance investigator and analytical expert in nonverbal communication, Dr. Genevieve Lenard faces the daily challenge of living a successful, independent life with her high functioning autism. A favor to help her boss' acerbic friend look…
    Paperback, 2012[North Charleston, South Carolina] : [CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform], 2012. — Mystery
  • How does a man with Asperger's Syndrome step out of his office, leave behind the safety of his desk and books, and embrace the world he's always kept at arm's length? All his life, Daniel has hidden behind his reputation as one of the world’s best…
    Book, 2015New York, NY : Crooked Lane, 2015. — Mystery
  • The Bridge

    Bron = Broen. Series 1

    A woman is found murdered in the middle of the Oresund Bridge, on the border between Sweden and Denmark. Police from both countries are called to the scene, and what looks like one murder turns out to be two. It's a spectacular double murder: the…
    DVD, 2014[United States] : MHZ Networks Home Entertainment, 2014, ©2011. — DVD Swedish
  • The Bridge

    Bron = Broen. Series 2

    An abandoned tanker ship crashes into the Oresund bridge, on the border between Sweden and Denmark. Onboard are five Swedish and Danish youths, chained below deck, unconscious. Investigating the incident is Scandinavia's oddest couple: Swedish…
    DVD, 2015[Falls Church, Virginia] : MHZ Networks Home Entertainment, [2015], 2013. — DVD Swedish
  • This is the American version of the joint Swedish/Danish production. You can get Season One via SearchOhio.
    DVD, 2014[Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], 2014. — DVD